I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me the most civilised music in the world.

The French and the British are such good enemies that they can't resist being friends.

What is education but a process by which a person begins to learn how to learn?

Robert Vavra is one of these artists, part magician, part alchemist, who is able to create a series of photographs in unforgettable compositions. Only visible are the dunes, the blinding fields of flowers and the vast sky, the epic intimacy of Robert Vavra's vision.

Please keep off the grass.

The social sciences were for all those who had not yet decided what to do with their lives, and for all those whose premature frustrations led them into the sterile alleys of confrontation.

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.